I saw a spike in the stock right when you posted that. Thanks for the bump up!
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iMac Pro Updated With 256GB RAM and Radeon Pro Vega 64X Graphics Options
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I saw a spike in the stock right when you posted that. Thanks for the bump up!
Buying 256GB ECC (4x64 DDR4 DIMMS) will set you back ~$2300.00 on its own, so half is more realistic than a quarter. Apple is not going to reverse course on user upgrades for the iMac Pro. Hopefully, the Mac Pro will have better options for users in that regard.
Yes, I was being conservative with my historical data. The original Mac was $2500 in 1984 (about $6200 in Feb 2019 dollars). The lovely IIci or Power Mac 8100 (or others) were considerably more, sometimes not even adjusting for inflation.
Yes, Macs are expensive but in many ways they are less expensive than they used to be (ignoring the general stagnation in purchasing power many people have had over time). This is particularly true if you factor in processing power. I mean, you couldn't even watch internet cat videos on the original Mac and now you can do that with your $5000 iMac Pro. Hey, you can even make those cat videos on your $5000 iMac Pro.
Well yes, I would hope that you aren't needing something like this fully upgraded to 256gb of ram without planning to use it as a scientific workstation or something similar.
It technically is upgradable, it's just not very easy to get to the RAM, but it is doable.
Has adobe really got that bad? Time for some better programmers. 32gb is still a lot of ram, but 256gb of ram?
Maybe I’m confusing things with another Mac, but I don’t think either are soldered on in the iMac Pro. However, only service centres are supposed to change them (as it means taking the computer apart). RAM has been soldered on in the laptops but the SSD has been replaceable at least on the MBPs (though using very custom parts).
The memory upgrades don't cost that much, same with SSDs and CPUs. If they were each upgradeable (memory technically is but you obviously have to take apart the Pro model to do it, whereas the 27" non pro model you don't)
it would be a lot cheaper to do upgrades yourself. And to do them as time goes on instead of having to upgrade the whole computer.
Apple continues to price like it's the 80s.
Although that spec'd ram is around $4200 street price. So while it does have an Apple tax, it's still up there.
Although that spec'd ram is around $4200 street price. So while it does have an Apple tax, it's still up there.
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So? What does that have to do with the fact its great to see the iMacs and iMac Pro upgraded? No one is forcing you to stop waiting. Is it just upgrade envy?
Just wanted to drop my 2cents here too. I have a cheese grader and love it. Literally have no reason to even consider spending $15k to upgrade. I found a dual 2.6 quad core with 40gig ram for $700. I've added 2 256 ssd drives and 2 3TB drives and a basic radeon 560 and have less than I think $1500 into this thing. It's stupid fast and cheeper than a decently spec Air. As a professional photographer who's RAW files are like 50kb each and a fashion session can easily reach 50-100 GB, being able to render all those previews in Capture One and export final files is a breeze. I REGULARLY use over 20GB ram.
Could it be faster, sure. But as a PRO, Price/Performance is ratio I know all my professional friends deeply consider. Being able to drop in more internal hard drives, or a newer graphics card or more ram or upgrade to the fastest Xeons, let's me sleep well at night.
Modular Macs are the best as the OWNER get's to decide when to update pieces and parts as their workflows change without having to justify the purchase price as a business expense on a whole new machine. Personal $ is not equal to business $. And a pro machine aimed at Pros. But hey, literally no one asked me! If you're getting one of these bad boys though, may it serve you well into the future and be a great machine for your needs!
Could it be faster, sure. But as a PRO, Price/Performance is ratio I know all my professional friends deeply consider. Being able to drop in more internal hard drives, or a newer graphics card or more ram or upgrade to the fastest Xeons, let's me sleep well at night.
Modular Macs are the best as the OWNER get's to decide when to update pieces and parts as their workflows change without having to justify the purchase price as a business expense on a whole new machine. Personal $ is not equal to business $. And a pro machine aimed at Pros. But hey, literally no one asked me! If you're getting one of these bad boys though, may it serve you well into the future and be a great machine for your needs!
in 1982 you would pay only $882 for 256 kbytes. What a bargain! lets see, if you wanted 256 Gb (if possible) it would only cost.. mmmm... $882,000,000. Yep just like the 80s!
Nope. In the regular iMac, Radeon 580X is exactly the same just like a 580 according to AMD themselves...
